Monthly Updates
January 2023
Turkmenistan’s upper house of parliament will be transformed into a “higher power” advisory council to be overseen by the country’s former president, Gurbanguly Berdymukhammedov. Constitutional changes are frequent in Turkmenistan, and the purpose of this one is unclear, but analysts suggest the core motivation involves Berdymukhammedov’s wish to take more official power away from his son, the country’s current president.
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GSoD Indices Data 2012-2021
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Engagement
Basic Information
Population
6 117 933
System of government
Presidential system
Head of government
President Serdar Berdimuhamedow (since 2022)
Head of government party
Democratic Party of Turkmenistan (TDP)
Electoral system for lower or single chamber
Two-Round System
Women in lower or single chamber
25.9%
Women in upper chamber
25.5%
Last legislative election
2018
Head of state
President Serdar Berdimuhamedow
Selection process for head of state
Direct election (plurality)
Latest Universal Periodic Review (UPR) date
07/05/2018
Latest Universal Periodic Review (UPR) percentage of recommendations supported
90.05%
Human Rights Treaties
State party
Signatory
No action
United Nations Human Right Treaties
International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights
International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination
Convention on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women
Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman and Degrading Treatment or Punishment
Convention on the Rights of the Child
International Convention on Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families
International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance
International Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
International Labour Organisation Treaties
Forced Labour Convention
Freedom of Association and Protection of the Right to Organise Convention
Right to Organise and Collective Bargaining Convention
Equal Remuneration Convention
Abolition of Forced Labour Convention
Discrimination (Employment and Occupation) Convention
Convention concerning Minimum Age for Admission to Employment
Worst Forms of Child Labour Convention
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